Pumps' Perplexities

I have come to the conclusion that people do not remember
weather, from one year to another, unless something else
happens in their lives......You only remember a bad ice storm
if a tree falls on your house or your car windshield cracks,
and has to be repaired.....

You remember a hot day in the summer if your air conditioner
decides to stop running.......No matter what season of the year
you connect the outside weather with some other event that
also happened during that period.......

To most people, weather is just something you have to walk
in and protect yourself from if necessary.....Do I need an
umbrella or should I put on my snow boots?.....

During a 'high heat' period, which we are currently having in
Jabunyaville, the newspapers and TV are full of statistics
concerning past weather 'heat' events......Who remembers the
'heat spell' of 1953?......Who even remembers the weather on
August 1, 2005?.......

The only people who do are the ones that are making money
from the knowledge and statistics.....The rest of us just get an
umbrella out of the closet or drink more water.......Pumps